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Quanterion Announces the 2016 Edition of the Nonelectronic Parts Reliability Data Publication (NPRD-2016)!

The 2016 Edition of the Nonelectronic Part Reliability Data publication (NPRD-2016) presents failure rate data on a wide variety of electrical assemblies and electromechanical/mechanical parts and assemblies. Compared to its predecessor NPRD-2011 publication, NPRD-2016 adds 138,000 new parts and over 370 billion part hours, representing approximately a 400% increase in content. The expanded…  Read More

September 2nd, 2015|

Announcing the Release of the “Warranty Calculator” Planning and Analysis Tool!

Quanterion is pleased to announce the release of the Warranty Calculator planning and analysis tool. The tool was developed to provide automated calculations and comparisons for ten different warranty types in common use. The tool also includes data, information and references that provide further guidance for over 30 additional warranty types. Strategic warranty planning can…  Read More

August 25th, 2015|

Introducing the RMQSI Knowledge Center!

The RMQSI Knowledge Center was established as a means of facilitating industry and government access to publications, tools, data/information, training and expertise to improve the Reliability (R), Maintainability (M) of products and systems. The acronym “RMQSI” combines the initials of those technical activities with those of Quanterion Solutions Incorporated (QSI), stressing the company’s role in…  Read More

August 11th, 2015|

Quanterion Awarded Contract to Perform UAS Certification Testing at NUAIR FAA Test Facility

Quanterion was awarded a Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC) Core Analysis Task (CAT) to perform flight tests on small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance test facility at the Griffiss International Airport. This effort will integrate command and control (C2) software and interfacing hardware…  Read More

July 16th, 2015|

Quanterion Announces the Release of System Reliability Toolkit – V: New Approaches and Practical Applications!

This fifth Toolkit in the popular series developed by Quanterion reflects an updated DoD focus on RMQSI. Several of the same Quanterion staff members have been involved in all five titles in the series. Over 30 new topics have been added, and several others updated, with a minimum removal of topics from the “System Reliability…  Read More

July 8th, 2015|

Quanterion Completes RMF Security Authorizations

Under a CSIAC Core Analysis Task (CAT), Quanterion recently completed the Security Authorization of six government networks under the newly adopted Risk Management Framework (RMF). The Department of Defense’s (DoD) transition from the legacy DoD Information Assurance Certification & Accreditation Process (DIACAP) has presented a significant challenge to several DoD agencies. Quanterion’s familiarity with the…  Read More

June 1st, 2015|

Quanterion Completes UAS Flight Control Simulations

Quanterion recently completed its agent-based Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) control assessment by performing a successful static demonstration of UAS autopilot control via a Virtual Cockpit. Using the Tactical AgentFly system, the project was able to demonstrate the command and control of multiple Hardware in the Loop (HIL) UAVs, as well as the interaction and airspace…  Read More

April 1st, 2015|

Quanterion Paper Published in Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration

Richard Wisniewski, Quanterion Senior Engineer, has had a paper published in the Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration.  The paper is based on work performed by Quanterion for the  Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Virginia Tech as part of National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 2010-N-12081.  The work included the…  Read More

February 12th, 2015|

DoD Memo Regarding Information Analysis Centers’ Value

The Director for Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) has sent out an important memo, co-signed by Mr. Shaffer / ASD(R&E), identifying the Information Analysis Center (IAC) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts as “best value vehicles” and conveying to requirements officers and contracting officers across DoD to consider the IACs as “vehicles of first…  Read More

February 6th, 2015|

New DoDI 5000.02 Released

On 7 Jan 2015, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense published a MEMORANDUM FOR THE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE to issue the new Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02 “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System” and cancel the interim version that was released on 25 November 2013. According to the Memorandum, the just-released version implements…  Read More

January 13th, 2015|